Super Bowl champion Fletcher Cox, who jumped behind the wheel of his nitrous-assisted “Training Day” ’69 Camaro after retiring from a 12-season career with the Philadelphia Eagles, went into the Drag Illustrated World Series of Pro Mod presented by Red Line Oil with a shot at the DI Winter Series presented by J&A Service Pro 10.5 championship. Led by multi-talented tuner Phil Shuler, Cox performed under pressure and secured both the championship and the $25,000 WSOPM Pro 10.5 event win.
Cox went to the final round of the 2025 Snowbird Outlaw Nationals to kick off the Winter Series in December, then lost to Nick Agostino in the second round of the U.S. Street Nationals in January. That put him third in points going into the WSOPM, with less than one round separating points leader Agostino, USSN winner Jerry Morgano, and Cox.
At WSOPM, Cox qualified No. 2 with a 3.879 at 190.27 and set low E.T. of the opening round of eliminations with a 3.906, which also stood for low E.T. of eliminations. Morgano qualified No. 1, but he lost his first-round matchup, taking him out of the championship hunt. Agostino then lost in the second round, putting Cox in control. He defeated Chris Tuten in that round, then drew the bye run for the quarterfinals. In a side-by-side race against Tim Partin, Cox ran a 3.910 over Partin’s 3.917, securing the championship and a trip to the final round. Ironically, Cox received a massive, custom Victus Sports baseball bat as a championship trophy.
“My mindset, honestly, after I found out we won a championship, I celebrated at the top end – just for a second,” said Cox, who thanks his crew – Shuler, Andy, Nova Joe, Mark, and Chase – as well as girlfriend Kaycee, sponsors LAT Racing Oils, VP Racing, Menscer Motorsports, Glass Life Atlanta, and Diamond Pistons. “A bunch of the team came down there and celebrated, Kaycee [girlfriend] came down and celebrated. After that, my deal was to just focus and refocus. That’s what a lot of people struggle with. Focus on right now, on the task at hand. But now I know I still got another round to go win and a chance to do it. I did my normal routine after every pass – I went into the motorhome, relaxed my mind, and was ready to go for the finals.”
He left the starting line first every time in eliminations, including in the final round over fellow title contender Joel Wensley Jr. Cox ran a 3.928 at 190.78 to Wensley’s 3.973 at 192.85.
“I think the biggest thing about the Winter Series races is they bring the best out in you,” said Cox, who earned his first career win in PDRA Pro Street last season. “I look at it as, the first race we came here and went rounds. Second race, I don’t know what happened or what I was thinking. I went .400 on the tree and was the joke of the weekend. But the focus was to come here and win, knowing that we had a chance to win a championship. When ‘Training Day’ shows up, and this team that Phil Shuler and myself put together, we’ve got a chance to win. That was the most important part.”
This story was originally published on March 2, 2026. 
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